Dear Colleague, if your research deals with ecological synchrony and its connections with climatic variability, please consider submitting an abstract to the Fall 2016 AGU session entitled ‘Ecological (a)synchrony of forest responses to climate’. We're interested in stimulating cross-disciplinary discussion among a diverse group of scientists to reduce uncertainty in future scenarios on the composition and dynamics of forest ecosystems. Session details are summarized below. Biogeosciences Session B037: Ecological (a)synchrony of forest responses to climate. Session ID#: 13026
Session Description: Lengthening of the growing season and increasing frequency of extreme climate events are anticipated in coming decades. Continental-scale warming could synchronize phenology, growth, and demography across regions for which seasonal precipitation and temperature variability have normally been anti-phased (e.g., US Pacific Northwest vs. Southwest for winter precipitation; US East vs. West for summer temperature and precipitation; and the US Southeast vs. Northwest for winter/spring temperatures). This session will encompass a broad array of perspectives on ecological synchrony in the context of climate variability and change for understanding and forecasting the vulnerability and resilience of the world’s forests in the coming decades. Conveners: Franco Biondi, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States Jane Foster, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States John Bradford, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States Julio Betancourt, USGS, Reston, VA, United States Confirmed Invited Speakers: Walter Koenig, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States Forrest Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States Cross-Listed: • A - Atmospheric Sciences • GC - Global Environmental Change • H - Hydrology Index Terms: 0410 Biodiversity [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 0426 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES] The final deadline to submit an abstract is August 3rd.
